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Introduction: My BoomBox

About: Hey! My name is Roey Leon, from Tel Aviv, Israel. On my free time, as a hobby of mine, I love building stuff from scratch. It always starts with a crazy idea, and then I realize that it`s too Dangerous / Una...
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Hello everyone

Have you ever encountered a situation where you went with friends to the beach at night or maybe some friend's apartment and he had no stereo system?

It happened to me, and it sucks!

So , i decided to build one !

although it weights 6.5 Kilo , You Grab it with both your hands , put the music at Max and have the best time !

Driller and electric screwdriver Jigsaw - most important instrument - make sure you cut the Plexiglas with a refined saw (designated for steel) Marker Leveler Calipers A pair of clamps Drill bits - different sizes Caliber Tin snips + a pair of working gloves so you wont cut yourself Soldering iron - for the wiring tin Hot Glue

Time ,Patience , and lots and lots of Coffee !!

Step 2: Cut the Plxiglas

Start by planning the general size of your future to be Boombox.

Measure the inner diameter of your speakers , and accordingly mark it with the Caliber or some other ruler on the Plexiglas

Prepare the driller and and the jigsaw ,and off we go our way

Step 3: Cutting the Aluminum Angles

cut the aluminum with Tin snips .

* please be cautious

Step 4: Drill Holes in the Aluminum and Plexiglas

Make sure you grab the Aluminum angles to some tight ground , only then Drill !

Use a special drill bit for metal, that way the hole will be accurate and round , and probably will take less time to drill.

Step 5:

after i finished the drilling , i took the Aluminum angles and attached them to the Plexiglas with bolts and nuts

Step 6: Moved Forward

Continue sawing slowly , be careful not to brake the Plexiglas ,it`s a very delicate material and it might crack easily .

Step 7: Strengthen the Boombox by Adding an Additional Middle Rib

Step 8: Prepare the Bottom .

since i plan to put two 12V batteries at the bottom , and they are heavy .we need to create a strong durable Plexiglas bottom.

I took two Plexiglas pieces , attached them to each other , drilled holes for the stand , and attached them to the sides with the Aluminum profiles

Step 9: Create an Upper Case Door , With Hinges

On top of the upper case i plan to put the Lepai amp and some Docking station for the iPhone

Step 10: Upper Look

I just put inside the Batteries in order to see if they sit properly

Step 11: Last Steps of Drilling

before you take the Nylon off , it would be wise ( not like i did ) to finish with the Drilling . god forbids i`ll scratch it ;)

Step 12: Pealing Off the Protective Nylon of the Plexiglas

I pealed off the protecting nylon layer of the Plexiglas .

I had to unscrew all the bolts and nuts in order to get rid of the excess layers of nylon.

Step 13: Still Pealing Off

Step 14: Assembling All the Pieces Back Together

Without the Nylon

Step 15: Mounting the Speakers

Step 16: Almost Ready ...

all i need is to wire the speakers and tweeters do some good soldering

Step 17: Hot Glue on the Tweeters

This thing sticks like charm!

At some point i decided to replace to old tweeters with a set of Teac T20 .

It was quite tricky the issue of releasing the grip of the Hot Glue from the Tweeters and the Plexiglas.

after Gooooogling for a while i found a quick Cool way to remove the Glue

Alcohol !

You just put tiny tiny tiny little drop on the Glue and in seconds it releases it`s grip , like taking candy from a baby :)

Step 18: Soldering Ends to Wires and Connecting the Batteries in Parallel

Make sure that you did some good Soldering in here, we don`t want it to disconnect and perhaps make us some Short circuit .

I connected the batteries in Parallel in order to give me higher Amps . Total of 14 Amps Still i will have 12 Volt direct and stable current

Step 19: Inside Look

Step 20: Charging Moment

After charging it for a few hours ,the batteries gave me a reading of 13.2 Watts and 14 Amps

After 8 hours of playing the Boombox i checked the Voltage with the Volt-Meter and the reading was 12.89 !!

but to make it a bit more portable you should have used a like 2 of those in parallel i think you need 12v? than that would be an better option? Those car acid batteries are really heavy! but you choice =P Still a nice build!

I've made an ammo box speaker (my profile picture) but i haven't put a reflex port on it. My problem is knowing where to put it, any ideas? i was thinking on the side of the box where the lid catch is but i don't know. There is a whole science of reflex ports, so any help would be appreciated!

I'm just a bit hesitant of cutting a hole as once it is cut then i can't go back. I have just ordered 2 more ammo boxes so maybe i'll transfer the guts into that one and put a port on it. I'll let you know how things turn out!